A recall does not mean your car is affected. Check the market, build date and VIN with the manufacturer.
- Engine / equipment
- Front left mounting point of the rear axle carrier: Mercedes-Benz SL (R231)
- Period mentioned
- Built from 26/3/2019 to 2/5/2019 (model year 2019)
- Symptoms
- The sources describe no early warning signs. The risk is an unexpected change in how the car handles if the bolted joint fails.
- Possible cause described
- A deviation in the manufacturing process may have left a blowhole in the cast rear axle carrier, at the front left mounting point, and over time that bolted joint may fail. In the UK it is recall R/2019/362 (Mercedes SRPC1952, 9 cars); in the USA, 19V768 (2019 SL 450, SL 550 and SL 63 AMG, 36 cars).
- Check for the garage
- Ask a Mercedes-Benz dealer, with the VIN, whether your car has this recall outstanding: they inspect the mounting and, if the joint is damaged, it cannot be repaired and Mercedes-Benz offers to buy the car back. If the car pulls to one side or handles strangely, do not drive on.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verified estimate; check whether the free recall remedy remains outstanding for the VIN.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.